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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2012, 7:01 PM EDT for Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 9 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2012, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2012, 7:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Indian River County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
996
WFUS52 KMLB 072301
TORMLB
FLC061-072330-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0011.120607T2301Z-120607T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
701 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINTER BEACH...VERO BEACH SOUTH...
VERO BEACH...INDIAN RIVER SHORES...GIFFORD...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* AT 658 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VERO
BEACH SOUTH...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH
BEACH AND VERO BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 2755 8033 2756 8041 2772 8050 2776 8039
2774 8037 2763 8034 2762 8033 2756 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 242DEG 21KT 2762 8036
$$
KELLY1 follow-up statement
369
WWUS52 KMLB 072310
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
710 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
FLC061-072320-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120607T2330Z/
INDIAN RIVER-
710 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE STORM AND TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD PUSHED
OFFSHORE INTO THE ATLANTIC...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CONTINUE
TO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COAST.
LAT...LON 2755 8033 2756 8041 2772 8050 2776 8039
2774 8037 2763 8034 2762 8033 2756 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 242DEG 21KT 2764 8031
$$
KELLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 7, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Osceola | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 87 min | |
| Jun 7, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 30 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.